Ignore the spikes LOL! But yeah, I keep that modded old lens in my wallet, in case I ever lose my glasses.

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    I went to the ophthalmologist at Walmart once and walked out with exam and glasses for $79 (and my glasses are correcting a scar, so they’re weird), just fyi. I don’t know if that’s possible where you, but you might want to check with the vision center. I think I made an appointment at some point (possibly just to pick the glasses up, I can’t remember), but there was not a significant wait time involved.

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      3 days ago

      The last time I got glasses from Walmart, they cost me $217, and their scratch resistant coating is terrible! I didn’t even make it out to the vehicle without somehow getting 4 scratches on the right lens, and after a couple years or so, sweat totally messes that coating all up.

      The only reason I even went to Walmart was because of the whole Covid lockdown shit, I would have had to schedule an appointment with my preferred eye doctor about 3 months in advance, and I just couldn’t wait that long.

      The lens in the keyring came from my preferred eye doctor, after the frames broke on me. Lenses from him have fantastic scratch resistant coating, even after years of being tucked in my wallet, it still looks damn near brand new!